Photo: The recent attack targeted Prince Mohammed bin Nayef.Fears Over 'Internal' Terror Bomb -- BBC
Security and intelligence experts are deeply worried by a new development in suicide bombing, the BBC has learned.
It has emerged that an al-Qaeda bomber who died last month while trying to blow up a Saudi prince in Jeddah had hidden the explosives inside his body.
Only the attacker died, but it is feared that the new development could be copied by others.
Experts say it could have implications for airport security, rendering traditional metal detectors "useless".
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My Comment: To have a bomb surgically planted inside your body is a development that will be the worst of all possible scenarios for those who are dependent on traditional metal detectors. Airport screening, major political events .... the implications are frightening to say the least.
For health reasons millions of people have implanted medical devices into their bodies .... I have noticed that they have always been waived through security checkpoints. This procedure will now have to be changed .... if not now .... probably soon.